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"Socialism only works
in two places:
Heaven where they don't
need it and hell where they already have it."
-Ronald Reagan

'Here's my strategy on
the Cold War:
We win, they lose.'
- Ronald Reagan

'The most terrifying words
In the English language are:
I'm from the government
and I'm here to help.'
-Ronald Reagan

'The trouble with our liberal friends is not that they're ignorant; it's just that they know so much that isn't so.'
-Ronald Reagan

'Of the four wars in my lifetime, none came about because the U.S. was too strong.
- Ronald Reagan


'The taxpayer:
That's someone who works
For the federal government
but doesn't have to take the
civil service examination.'
- Ronald Reagan
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'Government is like a baby:
An alimentary canal with a
big appetite at one end and
no sense of responsibility
at the other'
- Ronald Reagan


'The nearest thing to eternal
life we will ever see on
this earth is a
government program.'
- Ronald Reagan

'It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession.
I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first'
- Ronald Reagan

'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases:
If it moves, tax it.
If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving,
subsidize it'
- Ronald Reagan

'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed,
there are many rewards;
if you disgrace yourself,
you can always write a book.'
- Ronald Reagan

'No arsenal, or no weapon in the arsenals of the world, is as formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women.'
- Ronald Reagan
 
"You can not be sure that you're right unless you understand the arguments against your views
better than your opponents do."
- Milton Friedman
 
- I cannot trust a man to control others, who can't control himself ~ Robert E. Lee

- I like whiskey, I always did. That is why I never drink it ~ Robert E. Lee

- Knowledge Speaks, but wisdom listens ~ Jimi Hendrix

- The church say's the Earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on the moon, and I have more faith in a shadow than the church ~ Ferdinand Magellan

- Faith means not wanting to know what is true. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche

 
"My other brother-in-law died. He was a karate expert, then joined the army. The first time he saluted, he killed himself." - Henny Youngman
 
“No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his
country." Gen George S. Patton
 
Since we're also including some humor here (and that's a GOOD thing !) :smile:

"Call me, when you have no class..." - Rodney Dangerfield, "Back to School"


Stoplight...
 
"Travel is fatal to bigotry, prejudice, and narrow-mindedness. Broad, wholesome, and charitable views cannot be acquired by vegetating in one tiny corner of the globe." - Mark Twain
 
Proverbs 9:8 (KJV) Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
 
“You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” ~ Dr. Seussman walk.gif
 
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'Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed,
there are many rewards;
if you disgrace yourself,
you can always write a book.'
- Ronald Reagan
 
Each child of the universe is given only 10,000 music video posts per lifetime, and it seems you may have used up all yours.

well maybe you've only posted 5,000 YouTube, but 1980's hair bands count for double.

- Burrocrat​
 
Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except upon the side of mercy.

---Robert Green Ingersoll (1833–1899)
 
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